You may have heard on a number of occasions that a
person who has been declared terminally ill by even the best of doctors
suddenly recovers completely. What would you attribute this recovery to? Most
people would attribute the same to miracle.
Miracle can be described as something that is beyond
the laws of nature. It can be attributed to a divine intervention or to a
miracle worker or to saint or religious leader or to some natural substance for
which the modern science has no answer to.
Catholic Church recognizes miracles as acts of God
either directly or through prayers and intervention of church. The Catholic Church
is replete with stories of miracle that have occurred in the past. One of the
well known miracles is the Miracle of Calanda.
In July 1637 Miguel Juan-Pelicer, a 20 year
agricultural worker fell from a cart while working at his uncle’s agricultural
worker and broke his tibia bone when the cart ran over his right foot. Miguel
was taken to hospitals in Calanda and Valencia before being taken on a 50 day
journey to the hospital of Our Lady of the Pillar at Zaragoza on whom he great
devotion. When he arrived at the hospital the doctors observed that gangrene
had set in the leg and there was no option but to cut the same. So in October
1637 the leg was amputated just below the knee and the same was buried as per
the customs during that time. Despite being made drowsy he suffered great pain
during the surgery and he called upon the Virgin of the Pillar with great
fervor. He was then given a wooden leg and after begging for over 2 years he
returned to his hometown in middle of March 1640 where he again took up to
begging while moving on a donkey’s back. During this period he used to take
some oil from the lamp at the Sanctuary of Pillar with the hope that the Virgil
would bless him one day. On 29th March 1640 he went to sleep in the
provincial bed in his parent’s room as his bed was occupied by a soldier from
the nearby garrison. Around 11 p.m. his mother entered the room and saw two
legs emerging from the cloak that covered her son. As would be expected she
thought that the soldier and her son had exchanged places but when she and her
husband removed the cloak they were stunned to see that the legs belonged to
their son. When Miguel woke up he narrated that he had dreamt that he was at
the Sanctuary and was rubbing the oil from the lamp. After thorough
investigation by medical experts and the testimonies of 24 most trusted
witnesses the Archbishop of Zaragoza passed the judgment that recognized the
restoration of leg. What was even more amazing was that the leg was the same as
that was amputated and buried about 30 months ago as could be identified with
bruises and more over the place that the leg was buried was found to be empty.
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